Benito Brasiliano

Benito Brasiliano (died summer 1700) was a Portuguese pirate. He commanded the galleon "Misere" in the Gulf of Mexico after 1700, attacking shipping from New Spain to the rest of the West Indies.

Biography
Benito Brasiliano was born in Brazil to a Portuguese family, but began a career in piracy in the Caribbean in the year 1700. Commanding the galleon "Misere" and two other ships, Brasiliano operated in the Gulf of Mexico, fighting against Spanish ships that left ports to trade. In Summer 1700 he was attacked by British admiral John Leake's British fleet of three ships off the south coast of Spanish Florida, suffering a close defeat; both sides lost a ship each. Brasiliano's other two ships were captured, and Benito Brasiliano was hung for piracy in Nassau, The Bahamas.